This comment is not about text blocks as such but the write up by the author. (Brian Goetz... If you are here, when do we see the next edition of the book, please?).
It is not simply 'here's a new language feature'. I find it quite informative regarding what, why, how and why not etc. His articles explain what went into the decision making. Something on the lines of discussions in Effective Java by Joshua Bloch.
It is not simply 'here's a new language feature'. I find it quite informative regarding what, why, how and why not etc. His articles explain what went into the decision making. Something on the lines of discussions in Effective Java by Joshua Bloch.
His article on records: https://www.infoq.com/articles/java-14-feature-spotlight/